The visitor list reads like a who’s who of stationery retailing from every retail sector – stationers, card and gift shops, department stores, mass merchandisers, museums and bookshops, dealers, wholesalers and etailers.
Visitors include: Selfridges, British Museum, Fenwick, Sainsbury’s, Wilkinson, National Trust, WHSmith, Bentalls, Gardners Books, Office Depot, Club Group, Elphicks, Martin McColl, Ryman, John Lewis, Colemans, ISA Retail, OfficeTeam, University of London, Egan Reid, Paperchase, Lyreco, Harrods, Osborne Stationers, Papernation, Stationery Cupboard, Office Club, Robert Dyas, The Pen Shop, Wm Morrison Supermarkets and English Heritage.
“The Stationery Show is a really crucial part of our year – getting to meet new suppliers and touch base with existing ones is important to us. I recommend it whole-heartedly” Chris Manson, Owner, Blott Shops.
The Stationery Show is very focused and cost effective, and buyers love it.
Don’t think of it as just a two day event – make it a central part of your 2013 sales and marketing programme. Your budget will work harder and have more impact.
Why exhibit?
- The only UK trade exhibition dedicated to stationery products and writing instruments
Takes place during National Stationery Week - Put your products in front of stationery buyers from ALL retail sectors – FACE-TO-FACE
- Save time and money – the buyers come to you
- RAISE YOUR PROFILE
Extensive PR, and trade and consumer media opportunities - Generate new sales and sales leads from both new and existing customers
- Build relationships and contacts, and brand awareness
- Influence perceptions
- Launch new products and initiatives
- Test new concepts
- Network
- Exceptional value for money – no hidden extras
plus…. - Reduced advertising rates in Stationery Magazine
Location
The London Stationery Show takes place at the stylish Business Design Centre in fashionable Islington. It’s less than 2 miles from the City and West End, and is just one stop (Angel) on the underground on the Northern Line from King’s Cross St Pancras.
The striking surroundings of the Business Design Centre and carpeted floor space create a relaxed and comfortable environment in which to do business.
And with more than 500 bars, pubs, restaurants and cafes in the area, there is something for everyone. It doesn’t get any better than this for networking!
Marketing Support
Exhibitors at the London Stationery Show are supported by a comprehensive package of marketing support and a high profile programme of visitor promotion. This includes social media, trade advertising, PR, direct mail, visitor invitations, the exhibition website, digital marketing and sponsorship of the Greats Gift Retailer Awards, Retas Greeting Card Retail Awards and the Stationery Show New Product Awards.
Exhibitors receive free listings on the exhibition website and in the show preview and official catalogue, inclusion in press information, the show logo for use on their website, emails to send to customers and a PR and Marketing Guide.
PLUS the opportunity to include their new products FREE in the news pages on the exhibition website, adding even more value to their participation.
Great value for money
It pays to exhibit and go all-inclusive at the London Stationery Show – there are no hidden extras.
It is easy and cost effective to exhibit with all-inclusive, ready-built stand packages provided to leave you with more time to concentrate on your customers.
The emphasis is on value for money and efficient use of your time. As a guide, the cost of a 6 square metre stand is £2160 plus VAT and includes meeting table and chairs, lighting, nameboard, carpeting, stand cleaning, free tea and coffee, security, porters to help move products to and from your stand and many marketing opportunities to raise your profile.
Bigger, and smaller, stands are available at a pro-rata rate.
- London Stationery Show pulls in the buyers
There was an upbeat and optimistic mood at last month’s Stationery Show in London which took place alongside National Stationery Week’s Get Britain Writing campaign, and saw a significant increase in both visitor and exhibitor numbers over the previous year.
